Rocky Mountain High (album)

Rocky Mountain High
Studio album by John Denver
Released	September 15, 1972
Genre	Folk
Label	RCA
Producer	Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Aerie (1971) Rocky Mountain High (1972) Farewell Andromeda (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Creem	C[2]

Rocky Mountain High is the sixth album released by American singer-songwriter John Denver in September 1972. It was his first US Top 10 album (no. 4), propelled by the single "Rocky Mountain High", and in addition reached no. 11 in the UK.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Rocky Mountain High" (Denver, Mike Taylor) — 4:37
2. "Mother Nature's Son" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) — 2:28
3. "Paradise" (John Prine) — 2:13
4. "For Baby (For Bobbie)" (Denver) — 2:57
5. "Darcy Farrow" (Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell) — 4:22
6. "Prisoners" (Denver) — 3:36

Side 2

1. "Goodbye Again" (Denver) — 3:36
2. "Season Suite: Summer" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) — 2:51
3. "Season Suite: Fall" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) — 1:38
4. "Season Suite: Winter" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) — 1:36
5. "Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes To Mexico)" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) — 4:00
6. "Season Suite: Spring" (Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss) — 2:27

Personnel

• John Denver — 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, vocals, arrangements
• Gary Chester — drums, percussion
• Eric Weissberg — banjo, steel guitar
• Bill Danoff, Martine Habib, Bruce Innes, Mike Kobluk, Taffy Nivert — backing vocals
• Richard Kniss — double bass, arranger
• Frank Owens — piano
• Paul Prestopino — acoustic guitar, autoharp
• Mike Taylor — acoustic guitar
• Pupils of the Whitby School, Greenwich, Connecticut - backing vocals on "For Baby (For Bobbie)"

References